Turn-up bed



nomoaem' L. W. BOYNTON.

TURN UP BED. N0 321,418. Patented July 7. 1885.

.J 0 e KL 0 Witnesses Inv 1111 0? .1 u... mam-WWI". VIIINWYBIJLB.

- and c c, in the usual manner.

UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

LEANDER VV. BOYNTON, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TURN-UP BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,418, dated July '7, 1885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, LEANDER W. BOYNTON, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Turn-Up Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip' tion, whereby a person skilled in the art to which it appertains can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of beds which are used for sleeping purposes in small apartments and elsewhere, and are arranged to be shut up or folded away when not in use.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and economical, light and convenient bed of the general character mentioned by supporting a mattress-frame in such a manner that said frame and its supports may constitute a bedstead adapted to be turned down into position for use when wanted, and to be turned up out of the way when out of use, in the manner hereinafter explained, and to reuder the same easy of manipulation by means of a suitable spring adapted to counteract the weight to be handled in raising and lowering the bed. These objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like letters denote the same parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved bed in position for occupation, together with a part of the floor and side wall of a room containing the same. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my improved bed when turned up and out of use; and Fig. 3 is a detail showing the foot-rail b and hook u, partly in crosssection, on the line as y in Fig. 2.

A is a mattress-frame of the general character commonly used in connection with springwire mattresses. a a are the side rails, and b b are the end rails, of such mattress-frame, connected together by the corner castings (1 cl The mattress fabric e is attached in any ordinary or convenient manner to the mattress-frame in the position shown in Fig. 1. There is nothing peculiar in the construction of the mattress, nor of the mattress-frame, except as hereinafter mentioned, for my improved bed may be constructed by using in the manner described any mattress-frame of the general character mentioned. The side rails, a a, are provided with swinging legs ff. One end of each leg is pivoted to the inside of its side rail at any convenient point to support the mattressframe, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows the legsff in their proper position when the bed is turned up. The frame A is provided with a rod or bar, 7) 11, extending horizontally through the side rails, to a, and projecting from the outside of a a as a fulcrum for the bed to turn upon. The fulcrum-bar i 'i may be continuous from a to a, or may be discontinued between a a, as in Fig. 2. Two iron frames or standards, h h, having an irregular form, support the head of the bed when the latter is in a horizontal position, and support the entire frame A when the latter is in an upright position, by sustaining the ends of the fulcrumbar 2' i in the two holes or slots, j j, which are fitted to receive 1- z" and to allow rotation of the fulcrumrod within such slots j j as a bearing. By means of a bracket, is, attached to the standard 71, a loose pulley or conductingroller, Z, is pivoted to said standard h. This roller is peripherally concave, as shown in Fig. 2. A coil or spiral spring, m, adapted to run within the concave of roller Z, is attached, one end of m to the corner casting d by a nib, 10, provided for that purpose, and the other end of 'm. to the lower forward part of the standard h by means of a nib or car, g, provided for that purpose. The spring m, which is carried under the roller Z, for the purpose of increasing the length of the spring without the inconvenience of a corresponding increase in the size of the standard It, may eonveniently be a foot long when most contracted, asin Fig. 2. In like manner the similar standard, h, is provided with a roller, Z, bracketed thereto, to conduct a similar spring, m, which is in like manner attached to said standard by the nib q and to the casting d by the nib 19. These two springs are of such strength and elasticity as may be desired to assist in the operation of raising and lowering the frame A, as hereinafter explained. By preference they should be of sufficient force to sustain the principal part of the weight of the foot end of the bed when the latter is in a horizontal position, and to retain the mattress-frame in an upright position whenever the same is turned up, as hereinafter described. A footboard, 1, is attached to the end rail, 1), and is provided with hooks s s, in the position indicated in the drawings, to sustain a detachable curtain-roll, t, which reaches across the foot of the bed from side to side, and is adapted to carry a curtain which shall cover the exposed under side of the bed when the frame A is in an upright position. I attach the hooks u to the under side of the end rail, b, to hang clothes upon; also the straps n 2) across the bottom of the bed to the under side of the side rails, a a, to confine and hold in place such clothing as may be hung upon said hooks. A board, 10, screwed to the under side of a. a, in the position shown, forms a convenient pocket, B, for the reception of pillows, &c. The pocket is formed by and between a a, d d, b, w, and e.

The mode of operation of my turn-up bed is as follows: The standards h it being screwed to the floor 0 or side wall, n, or to both, and the fulcrum i Z being placed in the position shown, also the springs m m being passed under their respective rollers Z Z, as shown, the mattress-frame is permitted to assume a horizontal position, where it is supported by the standards h h and by the legs ff, which are swung into position. for that purpose, as shown in Fig. 1. As the frame A is being lowered by hand to such horizontal position the springs m m counteract a part of the weight of the frame, so that the same is easily lowered to that position. As the springs are extended in this process, they run as far as may be necessary over the pulleys Z Z, which are rotated thereby. When it is no longer desired to occupy the bed, and when the latter has been made up partly or wholly, or not at all, as may be de sired, the foot of the frame A may be raised until the frame has reached an upright position. The springs will aid the hand of the operator in so turning up the bed, and will retain the latter upright. The pillows or any desired part of the bedding may be placed in the pocket B, the night-clothing may be hung upon the hooks u and strapped in place by v v, and the curtain-roll 15 may be laid into the hooks s s, and a curtain may be drawn thereon to cover the bed. Such curtain and the roll 15 are to be removed before the bed is lowered into position for occupation. When the frame A rises, as described, the legs f f swing into position between and against the side rails, a a, as seen in Fig. 2.

I am aware that turn-up beds have heretofore been constructed in which the process of folding up and of unfolding the bedstead has been facilitated by the use of springs or weights. a spring for that purpose, broadly.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame A, provided with legs ff and fulcrum 2' z", in combination with the standards h h, which are provided with concave rollers Z Z and with coil-springsm on, adapted to run upon said rollers, substantially as set forth.

2. The frame A, the standards h h, and the concave bracketed rollers Z Z, in combination with the springs m m, adapted to run upon said rollers, substantially as set forth.

3. In a turn-up bed, the rollers Z Z, in combination with the springs m m, adapted to run thereon, one end of said springs being immediately attached to the standards it h, and the other end of the same being immediately attached to the mattress-frame A, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEANDER W. BOYNTON.

Witnesses:

WILLARD EDDY, THOMAS Moonn ROBERTS.

I do not, therefore, claim the use of 

